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Welcome to BroaDWcast, a comprehensive online guide to the foreign airdates and worldwide transmissions of Doctor Who.

WHAT IS BROADWCAST?

Over the years, the BBC has claimed that "Doctor Who has been seen by 110 million viewers in 60 countries around the world".

But what are those 60 countries? When did Doctor Who screen? What stories were broadcast, and what stories weren't? How many stories made their foreign debut in Australia? How many debuted in the United States? And do any of those 110 million viewers have a copy of missing story Marco Polo?

BroaDWcast answers those questions - except for the bit about Marco Polo.

Clicking on the AIRDATES icon on the country profile pages will take you to the airdates summary for that country (N/S = means that the story title is Not Stated in the newspaper listing)

and much, much more!

The emphasis of BroaDWcast is on terrestrial over cable or satellite broadcasts of the "Classic Era" of Doctor Who - that's the first eight Doctors, from 1963 to 1996. The new series – 2005 to date – will have to be another project for another time.

The BroaDWcast Team

Your help is needed

BroaDWcast is still very much a work in progress. So do keep an eye on the What's New page for updates.

As with any research of this nature, there are gaps in the information - and perhaps even errors. If you can assist us in any way by filling in any of the gaps, or if you've got additional information, such as foreign newspaper articles, clippings, copies of TV listings, or sales literature that we can use, or if you spot something that is wrong or you just disagree with, please drop us a line at:

A big thank you to Georgia Higley, and the staff at the Library of Congress, Washington DC; the National Library of Australia, Canberra; the British Library Newspapers, Colindale, London; Los Angeles Public Library; Library of the University of Auckland, New Zealand; Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Ill.; Mike B. in interlibrary loan at The Des Plaines Public Library; Northwestern University Library; University of Minnesota O. Meredith Wilson Library; University of Iowa Main Library; Peoria (IL) Public Library Local History & Genealogy Department; Illinois State University Milner Library; Google News Archive, Boston Public Library.